Annual Report - Maryland Science Center

Annual Report 2015
601 Light Street Baltimore MD 21230
www.marylandsciencecenter.org
Dear Friends,
It is our pleasure to present to you our 2014-2015 Annual Report
of Gifts.
The Maryland Academy of Sciences continues to be our region’s
foremost resource for informal science learning. Through the
Maryland Science Center in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and in schools
and community centers throughout Maryland, the Academy has been
successful in living its mission of creating awareness in everyone of
the importance of science in our lives by engaging the public with
exciting educational experiences.
Your generosity over this past fiscal year has ensured the Academy’s
success in providing science literacy to over 500,000 Marylanders.
In particular, your gifts to the Annual Appeal have enabled us to
continue to provide free admission to all Maryland School children
who visited the Science Center on a field trip, funded our numerous
outreach efforts, and allowed us to make necessary improvements to
our infrastructure.
We hope that you will enjoy reading our Year in Review. As you
read of our accomplishments this past year, do so knowing that your
generosity ensured our success. On behalf of the entire Board of
Trustees, the staff, and the thousands of beneficiaries of that special
brand of informal science learning, we say thank you!
We hope that you will again partner with us in celebrating science for
the people of Maryland!
Sincerely,
Van R. Reiner
Mark P. Huston
President & CEO
Chairman, Board of Trustees
The Year in Review
Your support of the Maryland Science Center and its mission allowed the
institution to continue to expand its programmatic offerings and increase its
reach into the community throughout 2014-2015. Our home at the Inner Harbor
continues to welcome hundreds of thousands of families, school groups on field
trips, educators, youth and scout groups, and visitors to our state, while our
ability to take our signature brand of science education out into neighborhoods,
libraries, and schools has grown.
The Science Center continues to extend its reach into
schools throughout Maryland. Two new programs,
Family Science Night and Family Engineering Night,
deliver hands-on science exploration to students
and families at their local school. Praised by school
administrators and teachers alike for its ability to bring
families together for an evening, the program is led by
eight Science Center staffers who work from exploration
stations to experiment and guide students and parents
through basic science concepts and theories. For many
schools, Title I funding can be used to cover the cost of
bringing this program to their school.
MSC’s innovative approach to science education
expanded to adult audiences with new workshops in
The Shed and new experiences like Pub Science. This
past year, adults learned how to pickle and ferment
foods, how to can and preserve their garden’s bumper
crop, how to culture yogurt and cheese, and how to
build a rain barrel to collect rooftop runoff. Members of
our education staff visited local bars as well, delivering
our unique Pub Science program to city residents
and workers during Happy Hour. These types of adult
programs underscore our belief that science is part of
almost everything we do.
Expanding into the afterschool arena, MSC developed
the STEM Youth Challenge—a five week program based
on engineering and design challenges focusing on a
teamwork approach. Teens from different city schools
are paired up to brainstorm, design, and ultimately
execute a specific engineering challenge, then teams
are reconfigured in consecutive weeks so that each
participant gets the benefit of working with as many
fellow students as possible. In addition to building
brainstorming and science capacity, the program also
offers opportunities for socializing among peers. The
students’ teachers also receive recognition for their
involvement in the program.
Themed promotional days and weekends continue to delight guests, whether it is
watching thousands of dominoes topple through an artful course or taking part in
a sudsy celebration of soap bubbles. Visitors discovered the everyday science that
happens right outside their door during Backyard Science Days and learned about
splatter patterns and viscosity during Mess Fest. A look at the tiniest science was
the highlight of Nano Days and a celebration of all things Pluto marked the
day when the New Horizons spacecraft flew past the dwarf planet. Leading into
the holiday season, MSC put on the Twelve Days of Science, where each day
featured a different winter or holiday science theme, including two do-at-home
experiments to cover days during the holidays when MSC is closed. During the
summer, 262 kids enrolled in Camp MSC which offered 23 different programs over
the course of five weeks.
Ready, Set ,Go Science is now in its seventh year
of helping children in Baltimore City Head Start
programs develop skills and learn about the
world around them using science as the teaching
tool. This coming year our education staff will
once again work with city Head Start programs
to give preschoolers, and both their teachers and
parents, the tools they need to introduce science
into the Head Start experience and extend that
experience in the home. Ready, Set, Go Science
reaches over a thousand students—90% of which
live below the federal poverty threshold.
As one of Baltimore City’s oldest residents, dating back to our origins in 1797 as
the Maryland Academy of Sciences, and the opening of our permanent home
in 1976, we were deeply affected by the April unrest. Attendance to the Science
Center plummeted as schools forbade field trips into the city and curfews made
venturing into the city a difficult prospect for families. But more importantly,
our work in some of the same neighborhoods hit hardest by the unrest was
interrupted as children in schools could not benefit from our unique style of
science education and our work with early childhood educators who teach
science concepts in daycare centers came to a halt. Yes, we experienced negative
financial repercussions during this time, but our ability to continue our mission
suffered equally. By the end of the school year, we were able to re-establish
our ties, field trips resumed, and our Traveling Science Program—which never
stopped operating during the unrest—was on the road to schools across the state.
Operations returned to normal, but the impact will likely remain for some time.
Using an integrative model developed by staff
to create new programs, plans were hatched
for the newest exhibit set to open at the end of
the calendar year—Science & Main. Developed,
designed and built entirely in-house, the new
exhibit will fill 7,000 square feet of lightfilled space with a street corner cityscape
complete with shops, a construction zone, an
airport and other familiar landmarks. With the
neighborhood motif serving as backdrop, guests
will learn, through hands on exploration, basic
science principles like how gears work in the Bike Shop, how sound travels and
creates notes in the Music Shop, and the principles of lift and flight at the airport.
Science & Main continues our approach of product development that underscores
the importance of demonstrating how science is resident and relevant in our
everyday lives.
Homeschool programming continued its expansion
as more and more families choose this approach
for their children’s education. With both a Fall and
Winter component, MSC’s homeschool programs
now reach hundreds of students who spend days
and weeks participating in classroom programs,
laboratory workshops, and utilizing other areas
of the Science Center, including the planetarium,
observatory, and IMAX Theater. What was once a
fledgling program designed to test the market for
homeschool programs is now a multi-dimensional
set of experiences that is routinely in high demand.
The fiscal year drew to a close with the 38th annual Solstice celebration. Hundreds
of Science Center friends and supporters came together to celebrate another year
of science in the community, with all proceeds helping to underwrite the longstanding policy of offering free admission to all Maryland school groups visiting
on field trips. The event raised over $300,000.
All of our successes this year would not have been possible without our public
and private support. Ticket sales from Science Center admission account for 59%
of our total revenue. It is our public and private support that ensures continued
operations, both inside the walls of the Science Center and our outreach
programming outside of the walls.
We are particularly grateful for the
continued public support from the
State of Maryland, and from the
citizens of Baltimore and Howard
Counties. And, of course, we are
humbled by the hundreds of gifts
received from private donors. Your
support allows us to continue our
celebration of science every day for
the people of Maryland. Please know
that you have our thanks and that we
will continue to be excellent stewards
of your generosity.
At the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, and in schools and community
centers throughout Maryland, experiential, informal science learning thrives
through the important work of the Maryland Academy of Sciences/Maryland
Science Center.
By the Numbers
83,197 people who took in a show in
the planetarium during their visit
Over 500,000 total people reached
on-site and in the community
6,780 parents and students
who attended one of MSC’s Family
Science Nights at area schools
96,896 students and teachers
who visited as part of a field trip
8,621 people who
visited on Dollar
Days Weekend in
December
104,094 members who visited
the Maryland Science Center
1,579 visitors to
the Observatory
for Friday Night
Stargazing—a free
program
29,807 miles traveled delivering the
Traveling Science Program at schools
including every county in the state
Mission
Statement
The mission of the Maryland Science Center is to create awareness in everyone of the
importance of science in our lives by engaging them with exciting educational experiences. It
also is to motivate our youth to pursue careers in science and technology through community
collaboration with academia, government and industry.
Board of Trustees 2015-2016
Chairman: Mark P. Huston, President, Retail, Constellation – An Exelon Company
Vice Chair: David B. Amy, Executive Vice President/
CFO - Sinclair Broadcast Group
Shawn A. Abrams, Partner - Arsenal Capital Partners
Kerry T. Bailey, Senior Vice President - HP Cloud
Hewlett Packard
Louise Z. Barber, Community Volunteer
Sonal Deshpande, Vice President, Mission Assurance
for its Electronic Systems Sector - Northrop
Grumman Corp.
Doug Dollenberg, Jr., Vice President - TESSCO
Technologies, Inc.
Susan Ehrlich, Business Director - Grace
Jonathan D. Eisner, Partner - DLA Piper, LLP
Alex J. Fine, Development Director - The Cordish
Companies
Saul E. Gilstein, Partner - Gallagher, Evelius &
Jones, LLP
Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., Presidential Scholar Towson University
John W. Greene, Jr., Managing Principal & Partner
Halcyon Asset Management
Loren D. Jensen, Ph.D., Chairman Emeritus - EA
Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc.
George J. Kilroy, Community Volunteer
Scott King, President - AmWINS Group Benefits Inc.
Laurel Magruder, Vice President, Large Corporate
Div. - M&T Bank,
Christopher Marasco, Senior Vice President Howard Bank
Scott H. Marder, Partner - Duane Morris, LLP
Daniel F. McGuire, Partner - KPMG, LLP
Glenn R. McKim, Vice President & Segment CFO BD Diagnostic Systems
David Oestreicher, Chief Legal Counsel T. Rowe Price
R. Todd Ruppert, Founder, CEO - RTR International,
Inc.
Stephen Schenkel, MD, Chief, Emergency Medicine –
Mercy Hospital
Patricia L. Schmoke, M.D., Ophthalmologist - Urban
Medical Institute, Baltimore
Scott R. Somerville, Owner - SRS Tax & Business
Consulting, LLC
Francie Cohen Spahn, Owner - Law Offices of
Francie Spahn
Rochelle “Rikki” Spector, Councilwoman - Baltimore
City Council, District 5
Terry Spencer, Vice President - Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company
Edward A. St. John, President - St. John Properties
(Former Chair)
Thomas A. Sychuk, Vice President/Relationship
Manager - PNC Real Estate
Richard B. Talkin, Owner - Law Offices of Richard B.
Talkin (Former Chair)
Ex Officio
Hon. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland
Hon. Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County Executive
Hon. Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of
Baltimore City
Hon. Allan H. Kittleman, Howard County Executive
Scientific Council Members
Chair: Stephen M. Schenkel, MD, MPP, Emergency
Medicine, Univ of MD School of Medicine
Andrea R. Bowden, Ph.D., Digital Harbor High School
James A. Caldwell, Howard County Environ.
Sustainability
Margaret Ann Darrin, Johns Hopkins Applied
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Andrea Erdas, Ph.D., Loyola University Maryland
Alison Flatau, Ph.D., University of Maryland,
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Donald C. Forester, Ph.D., Towson University
Joel Daniel Greenspan, Ph.D., University of
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Peter L. Gutierrez, Ph.D., University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Rev. Frank R. Haig, S.J., Ph.D., Loyola University
Maryland
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Ph.D., University of Maryland,
Paleontology
Mary B. Hyman, Loyola University Maryland
Brian Jamieson, SBMicrosytems
Adeboyejo A. Oni, Ph.D., Owen Software Corp.
JoAnn Roberts, Maryland State Department of
Education
Frank C. Sakran, Jr., Military Engineer, Retired
Tamara L. Shay, MD Out of School Time (MOST)
Network
Mark T. Southerland, Ph.D., Versar, Inc.
Margaret A. Strong, Johns Hopkins Univ. School
of Medicine
Terry Teays, Ph.D., Maryland Space Grant Consortium
Ned Tillman, Sustainable Growth LLC
Mollie Mulherin Thompson, STEM Educator,
Howard County Public Schools
Jonathan E.H. Wilson, Ph.D., Morgan State University
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Lusan Abrams, Co-Chair
Shawn Abrams, Co-Chair
Sharon Akers
David Albert
Karen Amos
David Amy
Karen Battee
Casey Connelly
Chris Cropper
Susan Ehrlich
Ilene Garten
Alexis Leo
Chris Marasco
Mark Potter
Kim Szondy
Adam Walker
Brian Weatherford
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Van R. Reiner, President and CEO
Richard M. Hesse, CFO and COO
Mark J. Potter, Vice President of Development
Christopher S. Cropper, Senior Director of Marketing
Pete Yancone, Senior Director of Education
Lori S. Blau, Senior Director of Guest Services
James P. O’Leary, Senior Scientist
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Hyatt Regency Baltimore
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group /
KTBSPayroll / KELLYExchange
KPMG
Maryland Clothing Mfg. Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SECU
Stanley Black & Decker
SunTrust Bank, Maryland
T. Rowe Price
TESSCO
Towson University
Transamerica
Outreach Supporters ($1,000-$2,499)
Amos & Muffoletto, LLC
Barbara Marx Brocato & Associates
Brown Advisory
Connelly & Assoc. Fundraising, LLC
Element Fleet Management
Fedder & Garten P.A.
Giant Food, Inc.
HMS Insurance Associates, Inc.
Howard Bank
Howard Community College
Lewis Contractors
Loyola University Maryland
Maury, Donnelly & Parr Inc.
MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
Morningstar Daughters, LLC
PSA Insurance & Financial Services
RBC Wealth Management-Hunt Valley Complex
REV Drill Sales & Rental, Inc.
Santos, Postal & Company P.C.
Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, P.A.
Susquehanna Bank
The Law Office of Francie C Spahn P.A.
Public Grants
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Understanding the Sun
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Planet Earth Decision Theater
National Science Foundation
Creating Communities of Learners
Flight of the Butterflies
Girls RISE Museum Network
NISE Network Mini-Grant
State of Maryland
Maryland State Department of Education State-Aided Educational Institution
Department of Business and Economic
Development
Baltimore County Government
Baltimore County Commission on Arts and
Sciences (Operating Grant)
Howard County Government
Howard County Arts Council - Baltimore
City Arts and Cultural Grant (Operating
Grant)
Howard County Arts Council - Outreach
Howard (Galileoscopes Programming)
Howard County Arts Council - Outreach
Howard Cycle 2 (Family Science Nights
Programming)
Private Grants
Baltimore City Foundation
Ready, Set, Go Science
Bunting Family Foundation
Ready, Set, Go Science
Exelon Corporation
“Power Up! It’s Electrifying” Exhibit
Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family
Charitable Funds
Neighborhoods Outreach Program
MacGillivray Freeman Films
Educational Foundation
“Humpback Whales” Learning Lab
Northrop Grumman Corporation
STEM Youth Development Programs
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Educational Programs for Baltimore City
Students
Transamerica Foundation - Baltimore
Science Enrichment to Advance Learning &
Shed Club Programs
Corporate Sponsors
BD Diagnostics
SciLab
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
The Shed
M&T Bank
DIYSci. Summer—made by you.
Matching Gift Companies
BD Matching Gift Program
Choice Hotels International
Constellation - An Exelon Company
France-Merrick Foundation, Inc.
IBM Corporation
PNC Foundation
T. Rowe Price
The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
The Vanguard Group Foundation
In-Kind Gifts
About Faces
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Ravens
Constellation - An Exelon Company
Foreman Wolf’s Cinghiale
Four Seasons Hotel
Grace
Harbor Magic Hotels
Linda Jo Nelson
Mark and Karen Huston
Miss Shirley’s Management Company
Pandora The Baltimore Store
Picture Perfect and Jersey Pro LLC
PNC Bank
Robert McClintock
Shawn and Lusan Abrams
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Sunset World
T. Rowe Price
Transamerica
University of Maryland Xfinity Center
University of Maryland, A. James Clark School
of Engineering
Walt Disney Company
Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnett Creek
Volunteers
Eli Ankri
Marshall Anservitz
Leonard Ascosi
Fumiko Campbell
Ian Crayton
Lillian Davis
Morton Davis
D’Asia Faulkner
Henry Glinsmann
Sandra Gordon
Maddelyn Guerke
Arpit Gupta
Evan Hansen
Jack Heiss
Burton Hemelt
Rose Hemelt
Gabrielle Higdon
Kelsey Hunter
Nina Jamaly
Akilah Jones
Dante Jones
Stratis Kakadelis
Kirstie Keller
Carolyn Lavzon
Sofia Maranto
Joseph Napier
Victoria Nelson
Terrence Nixon
Katherine Nurminsky
Keith Patrick
Shamara Ray
Jeffrey Reckseit
Jennifer Richardson-Lijoi
Angel Rivera
Virginia Roach
Thomas Robbins
Rene Rosenthal
Harvey Schein
DreShawn Scott
Linah Sedeek
Carol Slizys Melissa Solis
Walt Stawinski
Kayla Stewart
Sunny Suntharanund
Steve Weinberger
Johanna Wilk
Evelyn Zietowski
Gary Zimmerman
This report reflects gifts to the Maryland Science Center from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy.
Please call the Development Office at 410-545-5894 for more information or questions.
FY 2015 Financial Summary
Income
Earned Income 59%
Public Support 22%
Private Support 19%
Expenses
(excluding depreciation)
General and Administrative 12%
Fundraising 6%
Interest 4%
Mission Related 78%
the maryland academy of Sciences and
the maryland Science Center
The Maryland Academy of Sciences is Maryland’s oldest scientific institution and one of
the oldest such institutions in the entire nation.
At its inception in 1797, the Academy was an amateur scientific society–members met
to discuss papers on astronomy, botany, zoology, and other subjects then known as the
“natural sciences.”
As the Academy continued its work through the 1800’s and 1900’s its ranks included
distinguished members named Pratt, Carroll, Latrobe, Audubon, Goucher, and Pershing–all the while moving from location to location seeking larger space and envisioning a
place where visitors engage in, and with, science rather than a place where they look at
static collections of rocks and fossils. The vision became reality with the opening of the
Academy’s Maryland Science Center in 1976.
Today, and for more than 30 years, the Maryland Academy of Sciences, through its
programs and exhibits at the Maryland Science Center, has demonstrated a commitment
to emphasize to its many audiences the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM). No other institution in the State reaches more teachers and
students through its outreach programs and on-site visits dedicated exclusively to science
and technology education.
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